A list of four homeless people who died on the streets of Glendale was originally planned to be read at a memorial service, but one more name was added at the last minute because of a sudden passing during the weekend. Rosemarie Avalos died overnight while at a bus stop at San Fernando Road and Central Avenue and, like other transients who lost their lives, was living on the fringes for years.
A memorial of roses and candles is set up at a bus stop by a bench on the corner of San Fernando Road and Central Avenue in Glendale on Monday, December 22, 2014, in memory of Rosemarie Avalos, a homeless woman who was popular with people who walked by the bench where she could usually be found, where died at the end of last week. Seven people, including Avalos, died on Glendale streets over the year, recognized by Ascencia’s Homeless Persons’ memorial. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Alfred Hernandez, of Ascencia, talks about his memories of some of the homeless he knew who died over the year at the annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day by Ascencia at Cerritos Park in Glendale on Monday, December 22, 2014. Seven people died on Glendale streets over the year, one who died last week on a bus bench. One cat, who was taken to animal control when it’s owner was taken to the hospital, was put to sleep when there wasn’t anybody who came for it in time. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Philip Papineau, who has been homeless for 30 years, watches Delia Wing, of Eagle Rock, hold a candle that was lit after she read the name of a homeless person who died in Glendale over the year at the annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day by Ascencia at Cerritos Park in Glendale on Monday, December 22, 2014. Seven people died on Glendale streets over the year, one who died last week on a bus bench. One cat, who was taken to animal control when it’s owner was taken to the hospital, was put to sleep when there wasn’t anybody who came for it in time. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
After reading the name of a homeless person who had died in Glendale last year, the candle held by Marcell Mitchell, of Ascencia is lit at the annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day by Ascencia at Cerritos Park in Glendale on Monday, December 22, 2014. Seven people died on Glendale streets over the year, one who died last week on a bus bench. One cat, who was taken to animal control when it’s owner was taken to the hospital, was put to sleep when there wasn’t anybody who came for it in time. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Candles, held by an arch of people, are lit as they read the names of homeless people who died in Glendale over the year at the annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day by Ascencia at Cerritos Park in Glendale on Monday, December 22, 2014. Seven people died on Glendale streets over the year, one who died last week on a bus bench. One cat, who was taken to animal control when it’s owner was taken to the hospital, was put to sleep when there wasn’t anybody who came for it in time. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The hand of Philip Papineau, who has been homeless for 30 years, holding a candle for a homeless who had died in Glendale over the year at the annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day by Ascencia at Cerritos Park in Glendale on Monday, December 22, 2014. Seven people died on Glendale streets over the year, one who died last week on a bus bench. One cat, who was taken to animal control when it’s owner was taken to the hospital, was put to sleep when there wasn’t anybody who came for it in time. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Delia Wing, of Eagle Rock, holds a candle that is being lit after she read the name of a homeless person who died in Glendale over the year at the annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day by Ascencia at Cerritos Park in Glendale on Monday, December 22, 2014. Seven people died on Glendale streets over the year, one who died last week on a bus bench. One cat, who was taken to animal control when it’s owner was taken to the hospital, was put to sleep when there wasn’t anybody who came for it in time. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)